Alarm catch-basin for ice-boxes



(NoMode1.) l H. FU-HRMANN.

ALARM GATGH BASIN FOR 1015! BOXES. l I No. 267,870. Patented Nov. 21, 1882'.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEe HENRY FUHRMANN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

ALARM CATCH-BASIN FOR ICE-BOXES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No; 267,870, dated November 21, 1882. Application filed July 5, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY FUHRMANN, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Alarm OatchBasins for Ice- Boxes; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyin g drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

Under every ice-box it is necessary to place a basin or pan for collecting the water that from the melting ice runs through a short pipe in the bottom of such ice-box. Such basin or pan has to be emptied from time to time to prevent an overflow of the water, as else such water will leak through the floor and will wet the ceiling of the room in the story below, as it frequently occurs in tenement-- houses and French flats, and is often the cause of a quarrel between tenants and landlord.

The object of my invention is to provide a basin for such purpose that will indicate by an alarm when such basin requires to be emptied.

My invention consists in applying to any common basin or pan a spring-alarm of any common construction, and a float that is connected by a lever with such alarm-movement in a manner that the alarm will be set free to make a rattling noise as soon as the basin is filled with water to a point where the float begins to be raised, all as will be more fully hereinafter described and specifically claimed. In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a basin having my improvements; Fig. 2, a longitudinal vertical section of the same, and Fig. 3 a sectional elevation of the alarm-movement.

Corresponding letters ,in the several figures of the drawings designate like parts.

A denotes the basin, which is of any usual construction. Against one side of this basin is arranged, within acasing, B, an alarmmovement of any common construction, as at tached to cheap clocks. The alarmmovement, as shown in the drawings, consists of,

with its opposite end to a stud, g, and of a spur-wheel, d, loosely sleeved upon stem a,

and having pawl e to engage with ratchetwheel 0; also, of a spindle, it, upon which is mounted a pinion the teeth of which mesh into the teeth of the spur-wheel'd, and an escape-wheel, t, the teeth of which engage with thepallets j, that are secured toa spindle, is. To this spindle 7c is also secured, by a wire, I, a hammer, m, and a horizontal arm, n, which hammer m, when vibrated by the escape movement of the pallets j, will strike against the wall of easing B. r

G is a lever pivoted in a slotted bracket, 0, and having to its front end afloat, D, and to its tail end a triangular-shaped pendant, E, of wire, through which the arm n is passed.

The operation of the apparatus is as follows, to wit: The spring f being wound up by handle I), the clock-work is prevented from moving by the weight of float D, which will draw the arm n upward, and will force one of the pallets j onto the teeth of the escape-wheel, so as to lock such wheel. As soon as the water in the basin A rises to a height that will lift the float the arm a will be released from the pressure and the escape-wheel will be free to be rotated by the spring, whereby the ham merm will bevibrated to strike against the wall of easing B and will produce a rattling noise that will call the attention of the servant to the basin to be emptied.

The device, as will be noticed, is very simple and cannot well get out of order, while its arrangement is such that its operation is reliable.

I am aware that it is not broadly new to connect a float to alarm mechanism, whereby when the level of the water rises or falls the rising or falling of said float will, through a connecting chain or rod, set such alarm mechanism in motion to sound an alarm; and I am also aware that it is not new to pivot within a bracket a lever having'at one end a float and connected at its other end with an In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 10 alarm mechanism, and such I do not claim; my invention I affix my signature in presence but of two witnesses.

What I claim is The combination, with the basin A, having HENRY FUHRMANN. bracket 0 secured thereto, the floatD, pendent arln E, the arm n, and the alarm mechanism, 'Witnesses: V

substantially as described, and for the pur- RICHARD G. SOHMID,

pose set forth. H. HUEHL. 

